Berk (name)

Berk is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname

 * Ailsa Berk, British actress and choreographer, second wife of Ernest Berk
 * Ari Berk (born 1967), American writer, artist, and scholar
 * Brent Berk (born 1949), American former competition swimmer
 * Dick Berk (1939–2014), American musician
 * Ernest Berk (1909–1993), German dancer, choreographer and electronic music composer
 * Henrietta Berk (1919–1990), American painter
 * İlhan Berk (1918–2008), Turkish poet
 * John van den Berk (born 1967), Dutch motorcyclist
 * Josh Berk, American author
 * Lawrence Berk (1908–1995), American founder of the Berklee College of Music, pianist, composer, and educator
 * Lee Eliot Berk (born 1942), American former president of the Berklee College of Music, son of Lawrence
 * Lotte Berk (1913–2003), German-British dancer and dance teacher, first wife of Ernest Berk
 * Lucia de Berk (born 1961), Dutch nurse wrongfully convicted of murder
 * Medeni Berk (1913–1994), Turkish banker and politician
 * Michael Berk, American screenwriter
 * Sammy Berk (1894–1983), American vaudeville entertainer
 * Sander Berk (born 1979), Dutch triathlete
 * Sheryl Berk, American writer
 * Steven N. Berk, a judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
 * Suat Berk (1901–2002), Turkish judge

Pen name

 * Ariel Berk, a pen name of American author Judith Arnold (born 1953)

Given name

 * Berk Akalın (born 1995), Turkish ice dancer
 * Berk Neziroğluları (born 1991), Turkish footballer

In fiction

 * Berk, character in the television series The Trap Door